Expanding of the bandwidth of slow light by artificial inhomogeneous broadening

De-Kui Qing; Zhijie Deng; Philip R. Hemmer; Marlan O. Scully; M. Suhail Zubairy

doi:10.1117/12.660171

21 March 2006 Expanding of the bandwidth of slow light by artificial inhomogeneous broadenings

De-Kui Qing, Zhijie Deng, Philip R. Hemmer, Marlan O. Scully, M. Suhail Zubairy

Proceedings Volume 6130, Advanced Optical and Quantum Memories and Computing III; 613008 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.660171
Event: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices 2006, 2006, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Recently artificial inhomogeneous broadening was proposed to expand the bandwidth of slow light. The point is to independently slow down all harmonic components of the input pulse via inhomogeneous broadening. An input pulse or sequence of pulses can be split into independent spectral channels by a dispersive element such as a prism or grating. These sub-pulses are then slowed by bandwidth-matched slow-light array elements, and then recombined with another dispersive element to produce the output pulse. The proof of principle experiment was done with a photorefractive crystal Ce:BaTiO3 where the crystal function as both dispersive elements and slow lights devices.

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De-Kui Qing, Zhijie Deng, Philip R. Hemmer, Marlan O. Scully, and M. Suhail Zubairy "Expanding of the bandwidth of slow light by artificial inhomogeneous broadenings", Proc. SPIE 6130, Advanced Optical and Quantum Memories and Computing III, 613008 (21 March 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.660171

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